"I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.”--Mephistopheles in Goethe's Faust

Adam Smith was right and Karl Marx was wrong. Free markets are much better than command economies at creating wealth and distributing goods and services. The 20^th century’s experiments with communism certainly proved this to most people’s satisfaction.

The following is just one of the insights I discovered while walking in the New Hampshire Rebellion.

Alaska

Alaska is a conservative, red state, but with a libertarian, live-and-let-live hue and a history of openness toward marijuana.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E6YMdgGUY4

Economic freedom and opportunity, the superiority of the free market, lower taxes, and hope for the future were all part of U.S. Senator Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) response to Tuesday's State of the Union address.

It's 2014 and that means it's a midterm election year. This means the two main parties will head to their respective corners and leave out nearly a third of Americans.

Presidential Commission on Election Administration submitted its report to the president this month, detailing a number of recommendations to improve the voting experience for all eligible voters. The report specifically detailed some recommendations for military and overseas civilian voters. Unfortunately, those recommendations don't go far enough to ensure that all eligible voters are able to vote.

submitted a proposal to amend the state constitution and require gender quotas in the Montana state legislature.

" and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."

But, what was their intent?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5djtYZuqz_8

Since his last address, Edward Snowden revealed the National Security Agency's mass surveillance program, the Healthcare.gov website launched and crashed on October 1, the government shut down for 17 days, and the Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, giving same-sex couples equal protection under federal law.

As the 2014 tax season approaches, Americans are given an annual reminder of the cost of freedom. For many of us, that cost is paid in hardships and headaches, as well as dollars.

Nobody likes taxes, but most of us understand it as a necessary evil. However, most average Americans don’t have any idea how the tax system works; it is insanely and unnecessarily complicated.